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The original curse : did the Cubs throw the 1918 World Series to Babe Ruth's Red Sox and incite the Black Sox Scandal? / Sean Deveney ; foreword by Ken Rosenthal.

Deveney, Sean. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0071629971
  • ISBN: 9780071629973
  • Physical Description: xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : McGraw Hill, [2010]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Fixes and Curses: Aboard a Train with the White Sox 1 -- 2 Luck: Charley Weeghaman 13 -- 3 Preparedness: Harry Frazee and Ed Barrow 25 -- 4 Discipline: Five Days in Spring Training with Ed Barrow 38 -- 5 Sacrifice: Grover Cleveland Alexander 49 -- 6 Morality: Max Flack 61 -- 7 72 -- 8 Usefulness: Newton D. Baker 85 -- 9 Loyalty: The Texel 97 -- 10 Strategy: Harry Hooper 109 -- 11 Money: Recollection of Boston Gambler James Costello 121 -- 12 Labor: Charley Hollocher 133 -- 13 Death: Carl Mays 146 -- 14 World Series, Game 1,Chicago 158 -- 15 World Series, Games 2 and 3, Chicago 169 -- 16 World Series, Games 4 and 5, Boston 182 -- 17 World Series, Game 6, Boston 194 -- 18 History: Throwing the World Series 204.
Subject:
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) > History.
World Series (Baseball) (1918)
Baseball > Corrupt practices > United States > History.

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